[thascourge]

My building uses an intercom system that allows residents to buzz in visitors via pressing 9 on their phones after picking up the call from the intercom.

The problem is, I've tried to buzz myself in, and even though you hold down a key and it makes the sound like you're holding it down on the phone; when you hear through the intercom it only makes the tone for a fraction of a second.

In effect, my phone will not allow me to buzz people into my building!

Is there any fix for this?

[ryleyinstl]

I'm assuming this was a problem with your last mobile phone as well? Sounds like you need to send a long tone....Google that, as I have told you as much about it as I know.

[thascourge]

Nope not a problem with my last mobile phone. Both of my roommates have iPhones and neither have problems with the intercom.

[thascourge]

Googled "send long tones palm pre" as you suggested. Found that you can go into phone preferences and change DTMF tones to "long" instead of "short".

I will try this when I get home. Thanks for the help.

[blackbird34608]

open the phone prefs, change DTMF tones to long. I bet that fixes it.

[verwon]

Nicer than the building like that, that I used to be in. They made you get a landline and would only code the door to that one number, we couldn't use our cell phones to buzz-in.